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to the wise men(and women),i have locked myself out me laptop, a friend is trying to unlock it 4 me with no luck. i no its not the BIOS. any tips? maker wont help coz i have no proof of purchase anymore.

Flush the bios.. open the laptop and look for a jumper or take out the bios battery if its the same as a pc then it will wipe all bios settings then just set them back when u start up and dont steal any more laptops

The wise make mistakes, the fools repeat them----------------------------------------When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth

Nono, I think you're thinking about the main battery that supplies power to the laptop. We're talking about the little lithium battery mounted on the motherboard...Should be a silver disc, kind of like a watch battery. Just don't void your warranty. :x

the only one i have found is a little green shrink wrapped batt' about the size of a 1p coin. was told sumthing about a NVRAM chip, but cant find that would it help if i said what type of laptop it was????? Its a VAIO.

From the looks of it, if it is infact the BIOS password, you will have to do exactly what Gizmo said or else remove and resolder a new security chip. B/C newer VAIO seem to use security chips and the battery option will probably not work for you. New chip around 100$. Sony Support probably free. Your choice....

Also, it is a phoenix bios i believe. Long long shot, especially on newer laptops, but could try using the password pheonix